Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:15 pm by Bobby K1
OK; Worked on the truck at my son’s house. I brought tools but as always never enough or the right ones. Affirmed that the fuel line from the tank was clear and reattached the line to the rebuilt fuel pump. The engine ran for about a minute then died. Removed the pump and took it to THEN AND NOW and talked to the person that rebuilt it. He tested it and confirmed a good rebuild.
Clamped a rubber fuel line from a can of gas to the intake side of the pump and insured pickup and output. The engine attempted to start but did not. I raised the level on the carburetor float as it looked very low. No start again. I got under the truck to check all the fuel line connections and discovered a crack in the flare nut that connected the line from the tank. OH BOY..this had to be it( sucking air and allowing fuel to return to the tank). Could find no gasoline leak in the line..WELL WHY WOULD I..IT WAS UNDER VACUUM. Picked up a new flare nut, cut and flared the line, reattached and attempted a start..didn’t. There was fuel at the carb. Could find no leaks in the lines. Ignition needs a look see.
The spark at the contact points seemed non existent although there was spark from the coil high voltage wire but seemed weak. I cleaned the point contacts with a tungsten file and gaped them.The coil seemed a bit more than warm but not hot. Maybe this wasn’t good as we only had the engine running for less than a minute. A trip to our neighborly Autozone found us a coil and condenser. I was very tempted to just try the condenser but what the heck I had the coil in hand, the existing coil was somewhat rusted under the clamp , was old and not original so I changed both.
It fired up. I fine tuned the idle and went for a test ride. I think we’re all set.
I sure don’t feel like much of a mechanic but we got the job done ( I hope ). Somebody on this site has a saying that he’d rather have tools he doesn’t need than to need tools he doesn’t have..OH HOW TRUE!